[Qing Chuan] Mu Emperor's Grace

After a farce, although everyone was still bowing their heads and chanting, they already had their own thoughts in their hearts. Hongli raised his eyes to look at the coffin of the queen mother, and thought of the imperial decree again, only feeling dull in his heart.

Every time, when he had the thought of forgiving Ulanara, the queen could always destroy Hongli's thought at the right time.

In the first two months after the Empress Dowager passed away, the emperor was busy making regulations on various ceremonies and customs due to the complicated matters, so he temporarily put Ulanara under house arrest in the palace, and ordered the princes and ministers to stop it within a hundred days. The matter of marriage.After a hundred days, the coffin of the Empress Dowager was carried from Zi Palace to Tai Mausoleum by special personnel, accompanied by Hong Li, Elder Brother and Ge Ge.

After Hongli saluted in the direction of the mausoleum, Shi Gege suddenly knelt down and said, "Huang Ama, my daughter begs you to let my daughter guard the mausoleum for the emperor's grandmother for three years."

Hongli was startled when he heard the words, and then said in a gentle voice: "Shigeer, I am very relieved that you have such thoughts, but after all, the three-year period is not short. If you miss the Queen Mother, you can come to pay respects from time to time, but it doesn't have to be longer. Stay here."

Shi Gege stubbornly shook his head: "I've thought about it. Now my daughter is still young, and the three-year period is only a blink of an eye. What's more, I have the emperor's grandmother to accompany me here. My daughter will not feel bitter."

Hongli still wanted to object, but he didn't want Yongzheng but suddenly knelt down and said, "Huang Ama, my son asks for an order to stay with Shi Ge'er in Tailing."

It was obvious that Shi Geer's request was still amiable just now, but now that it was replaced by Yongzheng, Hongli's face suddenly darkened: "Why are you here to join in the fun? Listening to Shige'er saying that he wants to guard the tomb, you So I have to guard the mausoleum, I really don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth."

Yongzhen was reprimanded by Yitong, but he was not discouraged. He stared at the stone pavement and said softly: "The emperor's grandmother was so kind to her grandson when she was alive. Now that she is gone, my grandson also wants to be filial. If we stay here with Shi Ge'er, we can take care of each other."

Hongli pondered for a long while, then suddenly said: "Yongzhen, you are not young anymore. In the past two years, the eighth and eleventh children have also reached the age of leaving the palace to build a mansion. When your three-year period expires, you will also leave the palace. Let's build a government."

Yongzhen was stunned, and Shi Gege was also stunned. Shi Gege caught a glimpse of the loneliness that could not be concealed on Yongzhen's face, and tried to argue: "Huang Ama, is this too anxious?"

Hongli raised his hand to stop Shi Gege's words: "Shi Ge'er, you don't need to say anything more for him, I know that Xu Shi is younger, but when I see him, I will remember that he tried his best If I advise you to go back to Luan and simply build a mansion outside the palace, I will feel more at ease."

Hongli's almost harsh words made Yongzhen hang his head all the time, he silently kowtowed to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "I thank you, Huang Ama, for your kindness."

When he raised his head again, Hongli and his party had gone far away, only Shi Gege beside him looked at him with worried eyes.

But he said that the news reached Heshen's mansion, and before Heshen could think it over clearly, the housekeeper Liu Quan came in to report: "My lord, Mr. Zuodu Censor is here."

He Shen put down the folder in his hand, and asked in confusion, "Liu Yong, what is he doing here?"

Although he was puzzled, He Shen still put down the work at hand, tidied up his clothes, got up and greeted him, "What kind of wind is blowing Liu Zhongtang to Hemou's place today?"

Liu Yong was not too polite, and accepted He Shen's invitation with a smile, leaned back on the chair, drank the tea served by Liu Quan, and then said unhurriedly: "My lord, the emperor drove the twelfth elder brother out of the palace. You must have heard about the matter of the mansion, I was thinking about it, and I couldn't figure out what the emperor meant, so I came here to ask Mr. He for advice."

He Shen laughed secretly in his heart, Liu Yong had been more polite to He Shen because he was a Jinshi in his life, and now he even used the word "asking for advice".

If we say that in this officialdom, Liu Yong can be regarded as the most indifferent type of person in He Shen, with the arrogance of a literati, and considerable seniority in the court, coupled with the shadow of his father Liu Tongxun, Liu Yong's journey has been quite smooth .Of course He Shen wouldn't offend him, but he wouldn't easily make friends with him either. Usually, when he was in court, it was just a nod of friendship.

But Liu Yong always remembered that since Heshen's imperial examination, Hongli has always shown a high degree of concern for him. Regarding the matter of the crown prince, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, I am afraid that only Heshen knows the truth.

Having figured out Liu Yong's intentions, He Shen no longer had any doubts, he took a sip of tea slowly, and said with a smile: "The emperor's meaning, didn't you express it very clearly, let the twelve elder brothers go out of the palace to build a mansion, Firstly, it is out of sight, and secondly, it also prevents him from having too much contact with the Ulanara family. If my prediction is correct, within the next three years, the emperor will definitely deal with the queen, and the twelfth elder brother please guard Mausoleum, no matter what the original intention is, it has indeed made the emperor less worried."

Liu Yong listened so earnestly that he didn't even bother to drink tea. He moved closer to He Shen and said in a low voice, "Your Excellency He means that Elder Brother Twelve has been... despised by the Emperor?"

He Shen was almost choked by the mouthful of tea, he coughed twice, and said with a helpless smile: "Liu Zhongtang, you said this yourself, He has never said such a thing."

Liu Yong saw that He Shen was drinking tea in a calm manner, and he looked like he was practicing Tai Chi, so he said anxiously: "Oh, Mr. He, just tell me something sweet, what is the emperor thinking in his heart? "

He Shen completely suppressed his smile this time, he drank the last bit of tea in the cup, and said seriously: "Liu Zhongtang, if you ask that, then you are looking up to He X, and He X is not a roundworm in the emperor's belly , how can you guess the emperor's mind?"

Seeing Liu Yong's bitter face, He Shen said with a broken smile: "Liu Zhongtang, let me tell you, you are a famous Lord Zhongtang, as long as you put your heart and soul into your errands, whoever becomes the crown prince can't be courteous to you? "

Liu Yong smiled wryly and said, "That's right, but I always feel uneasy in my heart. Since the emperor didn't despise Brother Twelve, why bother to be in front of others..."

Liu Yong was half-sentenced, but suddenly stopped. He looked at He Shen suspiciously, and said for a while, "Master He means that the emperor made this for the outside world? The one who seems to be out of favor, actually wins the emperor's heart the most." ?”

While listening to Liu Yong's words, He Shen tapped his fingers on the table, and said with a smile: "Liu Zhongtang, you have to understand, this looks like kicking the twelve elder brothers out of the palace, but this time, it's just If you get a title, you have to give a house. Didn’t the emperor refuse to give any of these things, except for the twelve elder brothers to build a mansion a few years earlier, and the rest will be given. Do you think this is disgusting?”

Seeing Liu Yong's suddenly enlightened expression, He Shen looked at Liu Yong's wrinkled forehead seriously, and said with a smile: "If I were the emperor, if I wanted to despise a son, I would keep him in the palace for years and months. The mansion is not knighted, just procrastinating like this, maybe in the future when the new monarch takes over, he will be promoted to a nobleman because of his brother's affection."

Seeing Liu Yong staring at him dumbfounded, He Shen waved his hand and said with a smile, "Just kidding, just kidding, Liu Zhongtang don't take He X's jokes to heart."

Seeing him like this, Liu Yong quickly put away his dazed expression, and replied, "Where are you talking to your lord, what you said today is really enlightening, and it solved my long-standing doubts."

He Shen saw that he had finished drinking the tea, but there was no sign of getting up to leave, so he refilled the tea in the cup for him, and said in a warm voice: "I am afraid that Liu Zhongtang came to see Hemou today not only because of the twelfth elder brother. Bar."

Liu Yong rubbed the back of his head and said with a smile: "Master He is indeed very alert. It is true that I have come to find Mr. He this time, and there is another matter."

He Shen smiled and said, "Please tell Liu Zhongtang."

"Your Excellency He knows that when I was working in the Ministry of Rites, I used to handle the imperial examinations. There are also some students and diners. It just so happens that a student is serving as a Taoist priest in Gansu." Speaking of this, Liu Yong looked at He Shen Seeing that he listened seriously, he continued: "My lord, do you still remember that more than a year ago, Gansu reported to the local government that there was a long drought and no rain in the area, and asked the imperial court to allocate funds for disaster relief. It is said that a large amount of silver taels was raised by donating prisons, and later all the silver taels were used for disaster relief. The emperor thought of Wang Danwang's outstanding achievements, and specially promoted him to be the governor of Zhejiang to supervise the wealthy land. "

He Shen recalled it carefully, nodded and said: "Well, there is indeed such a thing."

Liu Yong said with a solemn expression: "But recently, I received a letter from a student from Gansu. It mentioned that there was no drought in Gansu. When Wang Danwang was in office, he asked the court to allocate funds and distributed the money he received. To the provincial officials, Wang Dan hoped that he would naturally get the big head, but the officials under him were not clean. My disciple was really shocked by such a bold act when he first came to the Taoist priest, so he wrote to me Call for help."

Liu Yong took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, frowned and said: "My lord, what do you think should be done? The emperor just promoted him, and found out the problem. Isn't this a slap in the face of the emperor?"

He Shen's focus is not all on this, he murmured: "So in Gansu province, all the officials in the province are corrupt?" After he straightened things out, he remembered that Liu Yong was still in front of him, he frowned and said : "Liu Zhongtang, He X can't be the master of this matter, you should go to the emperor, why did you come to He X's door instead?"

Liu Yong said with a smile: "My lord, you also know that the queen mother has just passed away, and now the ministers will be trembling when they announce the happy news, let alone such a bad thing. However, the emperor treats you differently from your lord. My lord, go and say..."

He Shen couldn't laugh or cry, usually Liu Yong always put on a serious face, but he didn't expect to think about these things.

He Shen didn't answer Liu Yong's words right away, but read the document repeatedly.He remembered that Wang Danwang was one of the famous corrupt officials in the Qianlong Dynasty, and he set the precedent of corruption throughout the province and cover-up from top to bottom, which really gave Hongli a headache for a while.

He Shen put away the text in front of Liu Yong, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Liu Zhongtang, He will present the text to the emperor." At this time, Liu Yong's frowning brows relaxed.

When He Shen presented the text to the emperor, Hongli did not get angry as expected, he just sighed: "Today, I finally understand what it means to never change my nature."

He Shen said softly: "Your Majesty, it's really not a good rule to donate a prison, it's a bad idea."

Hongli raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, "But why?"

He Shen replied: "Your majesty, if the qualifications of the prison students are donated at a large price, then the group of people who spend money in the future will naturally find ways to seek greater benefits when they become officials. The price of donating prisons is getting higher and higher, and students from poor families who have real talents can't get ahead. Merchants' families have obtained the qualifications of supervising students, and they are like doing business, holding their official positions in their hands. Let the one with the highest price get it, and what's more, like Wang Danwang, dragged all the officials of the province into trouble."

Hearing this, Hongli was silent for a while, and finally slapped the table fiercely, and said angrily: "It's really unreasonable!" He Shen watched from the side, and suddenly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to go to Gansu to find out. Who is lying, whether there is a drought in Gansu, I will know when I go there."

Hongli didn't answer, his brows were already tangled into a Sichuan character, suddenly he looked at He Shen suspiciously as if he remembered something.He Shen was inexplicably looked at by him, and only felt that Hongli's gaze was going to burn a hole in him.

"I won't allow it!" He Shen heard Hongli say that the young man almost suspected that he had heard wrongly, but he actually heard anxiety from Hongli's words.

"But your majesty, the case of Gansu involves a lot and must be handled properly. I am confident that it can be handled well." He Shen looked at the emperor anxiously, hoping that he would let go of it.

But Hongli still looked at him coldly, and he didn't want to let go at all. Annoyed by He Shen, he threw down a sentence: "I said, no!", there was no room for negotiation.

"Your Majesty, what do you know?" He Shen faintly felt that Hongli's attitude was not right, but he couldn't say anything specific.

With a straight face, Hongli went straight to review the memorial. Just when He Shen thought he would not answer, he suddenly heard Hongli's angry sentence: "I don't know!"

He Shen was confused by such an emperor. He walked slowly behind Hongli and kneaded his tense shoulders. After the emperor's anger subsided, he said softly, "Your Majesty, what's the matter? It’s not that I won’t come back once I’m gone, and I used to be like this. It’s my job to go around on errands for the emperor.” He Shen thought that soft words would make Hongli open his heart, but he didn’t expect to just change his mind. When Hongli came, he said angrily: "Shut up!"

He Shen had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and rubbed Hongli's shoulders, not mentioning Wang Danwang anymore.When it was getting late, he returned home full of doubts.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Liu Quan passing by the yard with a stack of scrolls in his hand.

Liu Quan was not tall at all, and he couldn't even see the road when he was blocked by the long scroll. If He Shen hadn't dodged quickly, he might have bumped into him head-on.

He Shen asked suspiciously: "Liu Quan, what is in your hand?"

Liu Quan panted and said: "Master, you are back, our threshold is almost broken by those matchmakers."

"Matchmaker?" He Shen was taken aback. Seeing his appearance, Liu Quan simply put the scrolls on the stone table in the yard, and unfolded one of them. Inside was a portrait of a woman wearing a flag dress.Liu Quan said to him as if offering a treasure: "Master, look at this, the eldest daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of War. The matchmaker said that she doesn't want to be a wife, but a side wife."

Seeing He Shen frozen in place, Liu Quan suspected that he was too happy, and hurriedly unfolded another scroll: "Master, look at this again." Liu Quan pointed to the woman's slim waist in the painting, and said with a smile: " The jewel in the palm of Lin Huan, a wealthy businessman in Beijing, and the matchmaker for her, talked about her to the sky, and said that she yearns for the Lord for a long time, and it is said that he will not marry Feiye!"

He Shen simply didn't know what to say, Xu had been on the east tour for a long time, he was used to getting along with Hongli like this every day, and completely forgot that in the eyes of others, he was a real golden bachelor, sooner or later They will all become the targets of competition for women in Beijing.

Seeing his wandering eyes, Liu Quan thought that he was dissatisfied with the picture scrolls in front of him, and hurriedly put the bottom one on the table: "Master, those are not the real wives you mentioned just now, these are, they are all well-matched ladies, The servants have seen them all, and there are quite a few who are very suitable for the master."

He Shen sat on the stone bench, listening to Liu Quan's chattering words, but the young man was immersed in his own thoughts: getting married?marry a wife?This is something he has never thought about since time travel, but what about the original body?

In the blink of an eye, He Shen seemed to be hit by something!He got it!

He understood why Hongli strongly opposed him going to Gansu during the day!

It was not because Hongli was reluctant to part with him these days, nor was there anything strange about Wang Danwang's case, but because He Shen in the previous life had a beloved confidante—Wu Qinglian.

Wu Qinglian is gentle and virtuous, she is the most capable housekeeper in Heshen's mansion, and Heshen's most beloved concubine, and she has another identity, she was originally from Wang Danwang's mansion during the investigation of Wang Danwang's case The girl who brought back to Beijing.

If it was said that before, He Shen was still confused about Hongli's anger, but now he fully understands.Hongli was afraid that in Gansu, he would meet Wu Qinglian again, fall in love with her again, marry a wife and have children again, that's why that mighty king would be irritable.

Liu Quan stood aside, just as his tongue was blooming, suddenly he saw his master pointing towards the void, showing an expression of whether to cry or not, to smile or not.

He Shen suddenly stood up from the stool, and just put on his official uniform, Hai Lancha's voice came from outside the mansion: "My lord!"

He Shen froze as he tried to hold his top-wearing hands. When Hai Lancha strode into the door, he saw the neatly dressed He Shen, and said pleasantly, "My lord, you haven't changed your clothes yet, which just saves trouble." Yes, the emperor hastened to call."

He Shen paused, and said anxiously: "But what happened to the emperor?"

Hai Lancha waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty is well, I'm afraid there is something urgent to discuss with you."

He Shen didn't care about all this, and hurriedly followed Hai Lancha to enter the palace before the palace was locked.The two left in a hurry, leaving Liu Quan staring at the scroll on the table in a daze.

Butler Liu was very frustrated, he had just said so much about his feelings, but the master didn't listen to a single word, and he muttered again in his dull heart: This emperor is really, it's been this hour and he still doesn't let people rest.Liu Quan wanted to go back to think about it, but he shook his head and carried the scattered scrolls into the room.

Sitting in the sedan chair, He Shen silently raised a corner of the sedan chair curtain. The sky was completely dark, with only a touch of moonlight on the horizon, reflecting a round of white light.He Shen tried his best to ignore his apprehension and anticipation, looked at the car curtain in his hand, and laughed out loud.

She was clearly entering the palace to discuss politics with Hongli, but there was a sense of secrecy about having an affair.He Shen waved away the wide-open images in his mind, and the sedan chair stopped just as he calmed down his mood.

Hai Lancha walked ahead and led He Shen to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. When approaching the gate of the hall, Hai Lancha suddenly showed a hesitant expression. He Shen saw it with the palace lantern and said with a smile: "Lord Hai, Speak straight up."

Hai Lancha frowned and said: "My lord, I have been a poor man in front of the emperor for so long. Although I am stupid by nature, I will see the face of the lord now. I see the emperor is not in a good mood today. , pay attention."

He Shen nodded with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Hai, and you have your own measure." He stood by the door and watched Hai Lancha leave.Then he took a deep breath and gently knocked on the closed door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Your Majesty, I'm here." He Shen seemed to be infected by the quiet atmosphere in the night, and his voice was very soft, but Hongli heard it.He Shen's extremely familiar voice came from the room: "Come in."

When He Shen pushed open the door, he saw Hongli sitting behind the imperial case. The imperial case was not an ordinary memorial, but a brush, an inkstone, and a small mirror, piled up in various places. On the table, Hongli was holding a small carving knife, carefully moving on the seal stone.

He Shen was stunned for a while before he realized that Hongli was engraving a chapter, so it didn't look like he was talking about business.

He Shen leaned forward, wanting to take a closer look at Hongli's movements, but Hongli pointed to the palace lantern beside him and said, "It's getting dark, you hold the lantern for me."

Under the light, He Shen gradually saw the words engraved under Hongli's knife, and his face was scalded for a moment, because what Hongli engraved was exactly his name.

Heshen: Peaceful, gentle and calm, free and open-minded, Shen, mellow and transparent, and humane.This is Hongli's best wishes and expectations for him.He Shen only felt that Hongli's strokes were engraved in his heart. To complete these two characters and make Zhangzi perfect, Hongli must have silently recited this name countless times in his heart.

"Your Majesty." He Shen murmured softly. Hearing the voice, Hongli raised his head and smiled lazily at him. Against the backdrop of the lights, his face looked like a crown of jade.Hongli was concentrating on making the final polish for Zhang Shi, as if he was afraid that He Shen would wait too long, so he comforted him: "It's almost over, I want to do the best for you."

Seeing Hongli's serious actions, He Shen suddenly thought of a sentence. Every time he was reading a book, his junior sister would praise him like that: "A serious man is the most beautiful."